California Drag Strip History

Don Jensen, a DSL reader who first started drag racing in California in 1950, interviewed Jack Hagemann (1916-2009) in 2007 about the early years of drag racing. Jack told him about drag racing that happened in Alameda from 1931-33.

NOVA - Official Website | Search for the Super Battery

DANIEL KAMMEN (University of California, Berkeley): Renewable energy means that we need storage. DAVID POGUE: …but are we already pushing their limits? THEODORE GRAY (Author): Anything that is able to release a lot of energy, that is a potentially dangerous thing. DAVID POGUE: Or can they be ...

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Mexico border wall: What is Donald Trump planning, how much ...

Donald Trump is setting out to fulfil one of his key campaign promises, with an executive order to build his proposed wall along the US-Mexico border. To restrict illegal immigration, Mr Trump has promised to build a wall on the southern US border and to deport illegal migrants living inside the ...

Reburial - CINARC

Although the custom is dying out, secondary burials are still performed, even in modern Hong Kong and Macao. A shortage of cemetery space is not the explanation: secondary burial traditions in southern China are much too ancient and widespread for that.

Gravel - Wikipedia

California could be hit by an 8.2 mega-earthquake, and it ...

The magnitude 8.2 earthquake that ravaged southern Mexico on Sept. 7 was the largest to shake the country in nearly a century. Like California, Mexico is a seismically active region that has seen smaller quakes that have caused death and destruction. But the Sept. 7 temblor is a reminder that even ...

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How wine is made - making, history, used, steps, product ...

Background Wine is an alcoholic beverage produced through the partial or total fermentation of grapes. Other fruits and plants, such as berries, apples, cherries, dandelions, elder-berries, palm, and rice can also be fermented.

Is Long-Term Solitary Confinement Torture? | The New Yorker

The Terrible Curse of Griffith Park - Weird California

A t 4,210 acres, Griffith Park in Los Angeles is not only the second largest park in California but also one of the nation's largest parks. Located within the park is the Griffith Observatory, the Greek Amphitheatre, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Museum of the American West, the Travel Town train museum, two golf courses, a merry-go-around ...